in-to

See also: into, Into, INTO, intő, and -into

Middle English

Alternative forms

into, inne to, jn to, jne to, inte

Etymology

From Old English intō, equivalent to in +‎ to.

Preposition

in-to

into
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 23–24:
  At nyght was come into that hostelrye
  Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye
  There came at nightfall into that hostelry
  Some nine and twenty in a company

Descendants

English: into
Scots: intae

References

“in-tọ̄̆, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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